Trace-carrier



T. C. THARALSON'.

TRACE CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1918.

1,375,068. Patented APR-19,1921;

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arrest TALY o. THARALSON, or JAMEsTowN, NORTH DAKOTA.

sateen-CARRIER.

Leashes.

tain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is a. speclfication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 1

This mvention relates to harness, and

particularly to the trace carriers thereof,

such as are used on work harness, and particularly to trace carriers which are used on three-ring and five-ring harness.

The general object of this invention is'to provide a trace carrier of this description which is so constructed that it may bereadily replaced-on the harness by a new trace carrier in case the old trace 1 carrier breaks. i

A further object is to provide a trace carrier having a hook so constructed that it will permit the engagement therewith of twov chain links or two cockeyes, andiurther to so form the hook that there will be no danger of the lines becoming caught under the hook.

the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the; accompany'ing drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmentary planview of' a portion of a five-ring breeching showing 1 then extends downward and toward the 7 base of the hook, the bill 13 of this. hook my trace carrier applied thereto Fig. 2 is a plan view of the trace carrier partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the trace carrier; and

Fig. 4c is carrier applied to a three-ring breeching. Referring tothe drawings, it will be seen that my improved trace carrier comprises a body-10 of metal stock, circular'in' cross section, which body has the form of an an- .nulus, the opening in the annulus being de fined by outwardly bent portions 11 dis- I posed in parallel relation to each other and perforated to provide eyes. 7 Formed integral with the body 10 is the upwardly extending hook 12 disposed diametrically opposite the opening in the body and which extends toward the opening of the carrier and being disposed in the same plane as the body 10. The eyes ll'are connectedby means of Specification of Letters Patent.

Other objects will appear in the course of a plan view showing my trace .a screw'or like member 14, which has a head at one end engaging in a countersunk recess on one oi the eyes and which has a Patented were, 19121. Application filed July 20, 1818. Serial No. 245,894.

In Fig. 1, Tillustrate thetrace carrier as applied to what is known as a five-ring breeching, which includes the ring 16, the back straps 17 the straps 18, to which the trace carriers are applied inthe manner heretofore stated, and the .hip

19, therebeingtwo hip straps -for each trace carrier. The

cockeyer 2O of the trace 21 isshown as engaged with the hook.

The "usual chafe strap or pad 22 is attachedto the strap 18 and extends beneath the carrierz:

In Fi g. 4', I show my invention asapplied to a threering breeching wherein 17 designates the back straps and 19 the tour hip.

straps, there being in this case four, hip straps lnstead of but two hip straps illus straps I trated in Fig. 1. This view also shows how the two trace chains 21 may be engaged with the hook 12. It will be seen that in 1' both Figs. 1 and 1, the hook 12 is of sufficient size as to provide for two chain links or two cockeyes where at present either two hooks must be provided upon the trace carrier or else the one hook is only large enough to permit of the engagement of only one cockeye or trace link therewith.

The particular advantage'of this invention resides in the ease with which, in case of breakage of the trace carrler, the same maybe replaced. The hook on a trace carrier is the part most liable to become broken and when a hook isbroken trace carriers at present in use, it is necessary to rip three or more laps of the-harness in order to replace the broken carrier with. a neWLone. This requires considerable labor and expense. Where my trace carrier is used, however, then in the event that it becomes broken, all. that itis necessary to do, in order to replace the broken carrier with anew one, is to remove the screw 141, slip off the hip straps and then apply the new tracej carrier, and reengage the screw 14 and thesleeve 15 with the strap on the 18 in Fig. 1 ,or with the back straps 17 of the harness arrangement shown in Fig. 4. This ability to readily detach the carrier from the harness and replace with a new Q V neraoee carrier results in a great. saving of labor and very greatly reduces the expense of replacement, as compared with the expense and labor incident to replacing trace carriers as at present constructed. It will be noted that the bill 13 of the hook, being disposed in the plane of the body portion 10 of the carrier, there is no danger of the llnes getting caught under the hook whlch 18 a very deslrable feature. lit Will be seen,

as above stated, that my carrier, because of theta-ct that it has one hook and is pro vided with the screw whereby it may be readily detached; is applicable equally well to either three-ring or five-ring breeching harness, while carriers having two hooks cannot be used for either harness at will.

The reason for making the carrier body 10 in the form of a segment 01": an annulus or 'ringis that thus all angles are eliminated and a smooth curved surface is provided at all pointsof the body except the ears 11 for the engaging 'endsof harness straps. lhus the same carrier may be used either as shown '111 Fig. 1 or F1g. 4l without change, and the straps will'engage both the side and intermediate portions of the body. At the same time this form of body permits the-ready removal of the straps or the replacement ends of said body extending outwardly in spaced parallel relation to each other; a bolt extendln'g through said ends, a spacing sleeve on the bolt, and a hook formed integral with the bight portion'ot the body diametrically. opposite the opening in the body and extending toward said opening, the hook beingadisposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the bodyysaid hook extending from the bight portion of the tion thereto, the free end of the hook being bent downward and inward into alinement with the body or the carrier.

Intestimony whereofl hereunto my signature in the presence of two witnesses. V TALY o. THARALSON.

Witnesses: 1 i

C. S. BUCK; IRVING G. Wrr'r.

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